Gateways provide protection against attacks and threats.

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Offering security management in hardware and software architecture, integrated security gateways protect against complicated threats such as spyware rootkits, polymorphic worms, and AJAX-based intrusion attacks as well as Instant Messaging, Peer to Peer, and Social Networking threats. Distributed Intelligence Architecture(TM) adds security intelligence, detailed reporting, and real-time security updates while ThreatMonitor(TM) collects, interprets, and graphically summarizes critical information.



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eSoft Launches Next-Generation Product Line to Meet Increasing Network Security Demands for Organizations of All Sizes



Six New Integrated Security Gateways Unveiled in New InstaGate and ThreatWall Series

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 9 / - eSoft, Inc., a leading vendor of integrated Internet security and content management solutions, announced today the availability of six new integrated security gateways in its award-winning ThreatWall Content Security Gateway and InstaGate Integrated Security Gateway series. With its Next-Generation (NG) product line, eSoft has taken a ground- up approach to security management in both its hardware and software architecture.

The new products, which augment eSoft's existing line of InstaGate Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewall/VPN solutions and ThreatWall Secure Content Management (SCM) solutions, make significant advancements in both hardware and software architectures in order to provide high levels of protection from increasingly complicated and resource-intensive threats such as spyware rootkits, polymorphic worms, AJAX-based intrusion attacks, as well as Instant Messaging (IM), Peer to Peer (P2) and Social Networking (e.g. MySpace and Friendster) threats.

The new platforms leverage the latest advancements in technologies for rapid deep packet inspection and high network resilience, such as high-capacity SATA hard drives with RAID mirroring, hyper-threaded CPUs, fast memory arrays, hardware/LAN bypass circuitry, gigabit networking and high-throughput I/O circuitry. The platforms also introduce 'bi-modal' threat scanning, which uses both packet-based and proxy-based techniques to provide the highest level of protection, regardless of threat source or file type.

According to Brian Burke, Research Manager for IDC's Security Products, "Responding to customer requirements, eSoft announced a robust set of platforms that should achieve high customer acceptance. eSoft remains notable for its ongoing understanding and commitment to the small and mid-size network IT manager."

The new product line is built around the company's Distributed Intelligence Architecture(TM) (DIA), which introduces intelligent two-way communication between eSoft's Threat Prevention Lab and the deployed appliances, adding significantly higher levels of security intelligence, more detailed reporting and real-time security updates to all active appliances. The platforms also feature ThreatMonitor(TM), a graphical management interface that collects, interprets and graphically summarizes critical security, system and network information to help the IT manager make more informed decisions regarding network usage and security policies.

"Network security has become an incredibly complicated and dynamic environment," said Scott Lukes, eSoft's Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. "The smaller network IT manager is at an incredible disadvantage vis-a-vis the malware authors who have become experts at collaboration and avoiding detection. The combination eSoft's next-generation hardware platforms and our DIA and ThreatMonitor systems should provide them with more of an even playing field to combat these threats and protect their networks."

Pricing and Availability

eSoft NG products are available immediately and pricing ranges from $2,299 to $5,999. For more information on the new gateways and other eSoft products, visit www.esoft.com.

About eSoft, Inc.

eSoft is a leading provider of integrated Internet security solutions offering organizations of all sizes unparalleled protection from dynamic Internet-based threats. eSoft's award winning InstaGate(TM) and ThreatWall(TM) platforms offer high-performance Deep Packet Inspection security services including Firewall, IPSec VPN, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Anti-Spyware, Intrusion Prevention, Web Content Filtering, Email Content Filtering, as well as Email and Webmail servers. eSoft solutions are based on purpose-built hardware platforms and optional security software modules called SoftPaks(TM), which are distributed and maintained through eSoft's patented SoftPak Director(TM) technology (U.S. Patent No. 6,961,773 B2). Overall, the eSoft solution offers the IT manager extreme simplicity and flexibility when deploying and managing network security, resulting in less time demands on IT staff, a reduced need for in-house security expertise, and a lower total cost of ownership.

Source: eSoft, Inc.

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